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UN warns Afghanistan unfit for returns as EU tries to deport Afghans

A UN agency report has detailed how Afghanistan is struggling to absorb the refugees already returning home, but EU member states are still seeking to deport rejected Afghan asylum seekers.

19/11/2025

Pakistan

Pakistan says Afghan nationals carried out this week's suicide attacks

Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have spiked recently after Kabul accused Islamabad of launching drone strikes on 9 October that killed several people.

13/11/2025

Germany

In the Taliban's shadow: Why Germany failed to help all local hires

Halima worked for the German Air Force in Afghanistan. Today, she lives in fear of the Taliban and has received no response from Berlin.

13/11/2025

Pakistan

At least 12 killed in suicide bombing in Islamabad, minister says

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed the attack through its leader, Omar Mukkaram Khurasani.

11/11/2025

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Powerful quake hits Afghanistan: buildings destroyed, at least 20 dead

At least 20 people were killed and over 640 injured after a strong earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Samangan province, destroying homes and leaving residents to clear rubble.

03/11/2025

Afghanistan

At least 20 people killed as powerful earthquake rocks Afghanistan

Several earthquakes have rocked Afghanistan in recent years, particularly in isolated areas, straining the country's megre resources and emergency rescue services

03/11/2025

Turkey

Migrants dead after dinghy sinks in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's coast

Greece is a major entry point into the European Union for people fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

24/10/2025

Austria

Austria deports first person to Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker said more deportations would follow, sparking criticism from human rights groups such as Amnesty International.

21/10/2025

World News

Qatar brokers immediate ceasefire deal between Afghanistan, Pakistan

The two sides have agreed to hold follow-up talks in Qatar to establish conditions and a framework for lasting peace, bringing an end to a week of deadly cross border skirmishes, which have killed dozens of people.

19/10/2025

Travel News

Meet the travellers flocking to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

Following the Taliban resurgence in 2021, Afghanistan has witnessed an unexpected boom in tourism - but is it really wise to visit?

19/10/2025

Afghanistan

Afghanistan says it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in border clashes

Afghanistan said the soldiers were killed in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace.

12/10/2025

Afghanistan

Taliban deny nationwide internet ban as outage paralyses Afghanistan

The internet blackout is now in its third day on Wednesday and has impacted banking, businesses, humanitarian work and travel across Afghanistan.

01/10/2025

Qatar

US citizen freed after nine months in Afghan prison, Qatar says

The release came just weeks after US President Donald Trump's executive order on 5 September which imposed new "consequences on those who wrongfully detain Americans abroad."

29/09/2025

Afghanistan

Elderly couple held by Taliban returns to Britain with Qatar's help

After Peter and Barbie Reynolds were reunited with their daughter in Qatar, the country that mediated their release, they now return to the UK.

20/09/2025

Afghanistan

Taliban releases British couple held for months in Afghanistan

A spokesperson for the Taliban Foreign Ministry said the couple "violated Afghan law" and were released from prison on Friday after a court hearing, but didn't say what law they were alleged to have broken.

19/09/2025

Afghanistan

Taliban ban dozens of books written by women from Afghan universities

Out of the 679 textbooks banned by the Taliban administration, 140 were written by women, while 310 were drafted by Iranian authors or publishers.

19/09/2025

Afghanistan

Taliban cuts internet access in Afghan province to stop 'immorality'

Fibre optic internet has been banned in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, although mobile data is still available.

16/09/2025

Afghanistan

IOM mission chief: Afghanistan faces 'triple' crisis amid aid cuts

The UN’s migration agency is being forced to make "difficult decisions" to "deprioritise" vulnerable Afghans returning home as deep aid cuts bite.

12/09/2025

Afghanistan

UN issues funding appeal for survivors of Afghanistan earthquake

Many of the most severely affected areas have been particularly difficult to get to, with some reachable only by helicopter.

09/09/2025

Afghanistan

Aid agencies ask for more funds to help Afghanistan after earthquake

The European Union and the United Kingdom have both donated to aid organisations at work in the region, side-stepping the Taliban government.

04/09/2025